Javaughn Douglas, a recent graduate of the Flow Foundation’s Skills for the Future digital literacy programme, says he is ready to put his training to good use after being selected for an internship with technology company Fujitsu. Douglas, who was...
Spectacular achievements in any sphere of life may be the result of a rich scholarship, but it is assumed by certain cultures that a nation is enriched more so by those students whose exemplary characters are not compromised by the acquisition and...
From the vulnerability of our dads, shown in particular by the first two poems below from Dawes and Tomlinson, we move to various states of absence — the dad who is physically there but perhaps heavy with the weight of adulthood and parenting, who...
We Want a Daddy Too (For children without a father) They have seen others with their fathers looked on with a longing as ancient as the world as a man, a father hoists his son on his shoulder watched at the beach as a dad teaches his son to...
In this series of articles, I have looked at the politicians elected from 1944 to 1962 and specifically those who served as government ministers in this momentous period. But, the ministers could not function effectively without the support of the...
Sickle Cell, Jamaica and Beyond traces the Jamaican contributions to sickle cell disease over the last 50 years. A semi-autobiographical theme as much of the activity has taken place since the arrival of Graham and Beryl Serjeant in Jamaica...
Jamaican Tapestry Savouring Blue Mountain coffee while perusing my journal brings back scenes and images woven in words like a tapestry. Climbing to Saint Ann’s parish, rust-red bauxite and textured rocks are nature’s...
The Embassy of Japan in Jamaica is organising a calligraphy session on June 21. In this one-hour session participants will be taught the basics of Shodo, the traditional Japanese calligraphy. Shodo is a revered form of art in Japan, which is seen...
“Present day education teaches only information, But not even an iota of virtue. What beneficial fruit can emerge from A million forms of education, devoid of values?” Students! All worldly knowledge changes with time and deludes your...
Recently at the Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN) convening, I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion on moral and ethical dilemmas facing cultural leaders today. The panellists were Adrian Ellis, director of AEA Consulting London and...
Hurricane Watch: New and Collected Poems by Olive Senior was virtually launched on Tuesday, May 24. The event hosted by The Department of Literatures in English , UWI Mona, and the University Bookshop presented the poet reading her work to a...
One with good behaviour is a boy One with good manners is a man One with good discipline is a devotee Students! Don’t misuse anything. Time is most crucial, once lost, it cannot be regained. Embark on service activities without wasting a...
Beautiful star Sadness creeps in, deep within places hidden, Doubtful words seeps into the cracks unseen, somewhere between, reality and a green screen. But hope is planted by our mental seeds; The habits we maintain affects the climate of our...
It recently came to my attention that the Ormsby Memorial Hall at 3-5 Victoria Avenue in Kingston is being sold and there is a campaign to save it for the arts. The hall was named in memory of Rev Stephen Oliver Orsmby, beloved Rector of St Michael...
Jamaica-born filmmaker Diane Robinson will première her first film, The Young Vote, at this year’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which is celebrating its 26th anniversary in Miami Beach from June 15 -19, followed by virtual events on ABFF...
On June 11 and 12, 2022, the digital magazine of Caribbean writing, PREE (preelit.com), will host a series of seminars by some of Jamaica’s most outstanding writers, at the University of the West Indies, in collaboration with the Department of...
The Jeffery-Smith sisters, 1908 and onwards, were well-known in Jamaica in education, being teachers, and as pioneers in the Girl Guides Movement. These women made a major contribution to education and social development. The Gleaner in 1970 said...
“Divinity is described as attributeless, stainless, eternal, the final abode, pure, aware, free, embodiment of sacredness” Names may differ, but the substance is one. Rings are many, but gold is one. Nationalities are many, birth is one...
It is said that the name Jamaica evolved from Xaymaca, an Arawak word meaning land of wood and water. It was Paradise, an idyllic garden in which the Tainos, an Arawak-speaking people, lived, worked, and played. That idyll was brutally disrupted...
On Labour Day, Jamaicans should be focusing on workers’ struggles for decent working conditions, liveable wages, and their other rights, especially recalling the 1938 labour uprisings from which came the formation of trade unions, political parties...
You can call yourself a student only when you know the significance of education. Education does not mean mere acquisition of book knowledge. Many are experts in book knowledge and are deemed educational wizards and scholars. What service are...
Junette Alexander’s life is guided by her pursuit of becoming a visual arts teacher. Alexander, who is from St Lucia, travelled to Jamaica from her hometown of Morne Dudon to study fine arts because teacher training in this area is not offered in...
The FLOW Foundation recently graduated 450 students from its second cohort of the Skills for the Future Programme. The recent graduation now brings the total to almost 600 Jamaicans that have successfully completed the programme, many of whom are...
